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$910M raised this week, 12 Israeli startups disrupting disability, meet the teenage CEO [OurCrowd Newsletter]

$910M raised this week, 12 Israeli startups disrupting disability, meet the teenage CEO [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Jan 26, 2015 |

In just the last week, $910M was raised through acquisitions, including ecommerce giant Amazon’s first foray into Israel. Learn which 12 Israeli startups are inventing tech for the disabled population. Plus, the local high schooler-turned-CEO. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Israeli startups raised $910 million last week (Infographic) The Startup Nation can already claim an impressive start in 2015. In just one week, Israeli startups raised $910 million through acquisitions which totaled $770 million, and funding rounds, at $140 million. The largest of these deals, which comprised almost half of the total Israeli acquisitions from last week, was Amazon’s purchase of Annapurna Labs for $370 million, marking Amazon’s first acquisition in Israel. Geektime created a pretty neat infographic to present all the impressive deals: See the infographic. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News BioCatch featured in E&T Magazine OurCrowd’s Jon Medved in Crowdfund Insider VocalZoom featured in The Economist Highcon featured in Packaging News BillGuard featured in U.S. News Money OurCrowd’s Jon Medved in Shalom Life SoBi featured in Raise The Hammer ReWalk featured in Times Union 12 Israeli technologies changing the lives of the disabled in...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Curiyo featured in TechCrunch

Jan 26, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company Curiyo was featured in TechCrunch, a leading technology website. Curiyo is a browser plugin that helps deliver relevant content to users curious to know more about a word or phrase on a site, without forcing users to leave the page they are on. Curiyo, a company that makes software which consumers, bloggers and publishers use to enhance an online article with subtle links that direct you to useful facts and other information, has raised an additional round of just under $1 million in funding. Included in the round were both new and existing investors, crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, Morton H. Meyerson, Tom Glocer (former Reuters CEO) and Techra Investments. The Jerusalem-based startup was founded in 2011 by Bob Rosenschein, the founder and former CEO of the site Answers.com. Curiyo raised $550,000 from OurCrowd investors in December 2012 and $230,000 in a follow-on funding round in February 2014. Read more on...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics featured in Gigaom

Jan 25, 2015 | ,

Popular technology website, Gigaom, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Consumer Physics, which has developed the world’s first affordable molecular sensor – the Scio – that fits in the palm of your hand. Designed and assembled in Israel by startup Consumer Physics, SCiO is an NIR spectrometer for consumers, set to roll out by summer 2015 for $249 per unit. NIR spectrometry detects the spectrum created from shining a light source at a given sample. That light spectrum—a so-called molecular signature—can be used to identify matter. The SCiO can be pointed at a food item in order to notify a user of the calories as well as the protein, carbohydrate, and fat content. (SCiO can actually distinguish Pepsi from Coke.) Seeded by OurCrowd and top tier Silicon Valley VC Khosla Ventures, Consumer Physics raised $3,300,000 from OurCrowd investors in its 2nd round of funding in May 2014. Read more on...

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Join us (online) to learn about the top investment trends to watch in 2015

Join us (online) to learn about the top investment trends to watch in 2015

Jan 20, 2015 |

As 2015 gets underway, investors are already building their portfolio moves for the year.  With all the noise out there, how does an investor decide what to focus on and which sectors are investable? Join Zack Miller, Head of the Investor Community at OurCrowd, and David Stark, Principal at OurCrowd, as they discuss investment trends and opportunities for 2015. Their compilation is based on what OurCrowd’s deal flow team — which vetted 3,000+ startups since we launched — are seeing on the ground. Investment Trends: Where to invest your attention in 2015 Tuesday, January 27th (7:00 PM Israel / 12:00 PM NYC / 9:00 AM San Francisco) Join us to: Explore the investment trends to watch this year Hear from the team that reviews 100+ startups each month Get a macro view on what Israeli entrepreneurs are developing Learn how we determine what makes a compelling investment idea >> Reserve your seat on the webinar Looking forward to your participation on the webinar, Zack Miller and OurCrowd’s Investor Education Team ** This webinar is part of OurCrowd’s monthly Teach-In-Tuesdays series in which we explore investing in early-stage Israeli and global...

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